Hours after Trump’s inauguration, his administration canceled appointments allowing migrants to enter the U.S. to request asylum, leaving many of them stranded on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Citing President Trump’s extraordinary move to close the American asylum system, U.S. border agents have been instructed to summarily deport migrants crossing into the country illegally without allowing them to request legal protection,

President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border, a move aimed at addressing what he describes as a crisis involving illegal immigration.